Historical Memory
Day of remembrance and reparation in Gernika
Gernika will host tomorrow a solemn act of remembrance for the victims of the 1937 bombing, which will be attended for the first time by a German president. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has recently acknowledged the "serious crimes" committed by the Germans in Gernika and will pay tribute to the victims today, accompanied by King Philip VI of Spain and President Pradales.
The German consul insists on the symbolism of Steinmeier's coming to Gernika and Gorroño asks for a gesture from King Philip VI
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is coming to Gernika this Friday to commemorate the victims of the Gernika bombing. The day before, John Voss (honorary consul of Germany in the Basque Country) and the mayor of Gernika, Jose Maria Gorroño, spoke.
The German president has seen the painting 'Guernica'
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended the Congress of Deputies this afternoon, and from there he went to the Reina Sofia Museum to see Picasso's' Guernica '.
"There's no driver here. With the banner 'Where is he?', the bus that will remember Mikel Zabalza is on its way
40 years ago Mikel Zabalza was arrested and killed by the Civil Guard. It has never been officially clarified what happened. He was from Orabaiz and worked as a bus driver in San Sebastian. When he disappeared, his colleagues used a bus to protest, and even four decades later they took out a bus with the same proclamation: 'There is no driver here.
"There's no driver here. With the banner 'Where is he?', the bus that will remember Mikel Zabalza is on its way
40 years ago Mikel Zabalza was arrested and killed by the Civil Guard. It has never been officially clarified what happened. He was from Orabaiz and worked as a bus driver in San Sebastian. When he disappeared, his colleagues used a bus to protest, and even four decades later they took out a bus with the same proclamation: 'There is no driver here.
Sanchez has asked the groups to pass a new law on official secrets to clarify the Zabalza case
After expressing his respect and solidarity with Zabalza's family, Sanchez has called on the parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies to work together to get behind the Franco law in force today and push through the new law on official secrets.
King Philip VI will take part this Friday in an act of tribute to the victims of the Gernika bombing
Together with the King of Spain, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will also be in Gernika.
Aitor Esteban: "The PNV is a party that has always opposed fascism"
The president of the EBB made these statements on the 122nd anniversary of the death of the founder of the PNV, Sabino Arana, and one day after EH Bildu held an anti-fascist demonstration on the streets of Bilbao.
The Justice Counsellor calls for the unity of political forces in the defence of democracy and coexistence
In an interview on Radio Euskadi, María Jesús San José stressed that a democratic society must remember what happened so that it does not recur. In this regard, the Counsellor for Justice and Human Rights has said that rights must be preserved so that they are not lost.
Rosa Lluch on Radio Euskadi: "Reconforta ver que, 25 años después, tan gente sigue echando de menos a mi padre"
Sanchez calls for defending democracy while the PP equates Francoism with "sanchism."
The President of the Spanish Government has recalled on social media the 50th anniversary of Franco's death.
Floral offering at Franco's mausoleum in Mingorrubio
Members of the Spanish Catholic Movement have held a mass at the Mingorrubio cemetery and a floral offering at the Franco Mausoleum.
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Jon Hernandez (Sumar): "We want to remember especially the women and men who sacrificed for 40 years fighting dictatorship."
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco on Thursday, Jon Hernandez, MP for the Supreme Court has claimed the role played by "thousands of women and men who fought against dictatorship for four decades." He has stressed the importance of remembering these people and the reason they defended, "especially thanks to all those people who fought against dictatorship for the freedoms and limited democracy that we have today."
Aitor Esteban: "When Franco died there was no breakup and that has had consequences."
At a press conference held in Bilbao, the president of the PNV EBB, Aitor Esteban , referred to the 50th anniversary of the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, who, 50 years later , denounced the validity of the Law of Official Secrets of Francoism: "This law , instead of giving clarity, casts darkness on that past."
The Basque Parliament observed a minute's silence in tribute to Santi Brouard, murdered by the GAL in 1984
Members of Parliament pay tribute to the leader of the People's Union Santiago Brouard, murdered by the GAL on 20 November 1984.
There will be news: Yellow snow and cold warning, 50 years after the death of Franco and the anniversary of the murders of Brouard and Muguruza
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
What's left of Francoism today?
The end of Francoism 50 years ago does not mean that all its identity marks have disappeared. Experts warn that the ideological basis that fueled Franco's regime is still alive.
50 years after Franco's death, the Official Secrets Act remains unchanged
The Official Secrets Act of 1968 was born within the framework of the Franco dictatorship, and although 50 years have passed since the death of the dictator, its reform has not yet been carried out. The regime of official secrets in force in the Spanish State empowers the Council of Ministers and the Council of Chiefs of Staff to classify information that may endanger the security and defence of the State into two categories: secret and reserved.
The cross of Mount Morkai has been torn down
The cement cross was built in memory of Carlos de Borbón and Orleans (uncle of Juan Carlos I), who died in Morkaiko during the Civil War.